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A 1982 play by noted South African playwright [[Athol Fugard]], ''[["Master Harold"... and the boys]]'' is a one-act play about racism. It is also an exercise in [[Minimalism]]: it involves only three actors, a restaurant, and a black man's ass.
It's St. George's Park Tea Room in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, during [[The Apartheid Era]]. Two black servers, '''Sam''' and '''Willie''', are hanging around waiting for something to happen; they practice ballroom dancing in the meantime, as both are competing in two weeks. The problem is, Willie's partner Hilda can't learn the steps right, so [[Disproportionate Retribution|Willie beats her]]. (Well, she may also be sleeping around.) Sam is a better dancer, and Willie's speech is rendered in a "[[You No Take Candle]]" [[Funetik Aksent]].
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Hally sets out to do his homework, a 500-word English composition on an event of cultural significance, and becomes enamored with Sam's discussion of ballroom dancing, describing it as "[[World Half Full|a world without collisions]]." But before Hally can set pencil to paper, the phone rings. It's Hally's mother. His father went to the hospital a while ago for pains relating to his injury, but since then has decided to return. Before anybody can stop him, he's ensconced in his bedroom, and Hally can look forward to his home life becoming a living hell. In his fury, he turns on Sam, shouting whatever comes to mind: "[My father]'s a white man and [[Moral Event Horizon|that's good enough for you]]." Vitriol ensues.
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